Demystifying the Statistics Canada Website
Sandra Keys
DLI Bootcamp
May 2011
Vancouver, BC
My thanks to…
Agnes Zientarska-Kayko for her assistance in preparing and presenting a similar presentation at uWaterloo
Overview
• Types of information you’ll find
• Searching the website• General, Advanced, Specialized Tools• The Daily
• Browse By Subject (Summary Tables)
• CANSIM
The Statistics Canada Website
• A source of: • Statistics• Analytical studies • News• Learning resources
• Most StatsCan publications, including its newsletter, The Daily, available for free, 1996 to present
The Statistics Canada Website
Search (Top Menu Link)
General Search
General Search – Refining
General Search – Tables Only
Advanced Search
Specialized Search Tools
Specialized Search Tools
Help: Search the Site
eTutorials for search
Search Brochure
The Daily - Statistics Canada's official release bulletin
• First line of communication with media and public• Issues news releases on current social and
economic conditions
• Announces new products
• Published since 1932; available on the Web since June 1995
When Do You Use The Daily?
• You need data with interpretation
• You need high-level, summary statistics
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The DailyThe NPHS
Contact information
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Publications
Find Statistics by Subject (Browse by Subject – Summary Tables)
Find Statistics by Subject (Browse by Subject – Summary Tables)
Find Statistics by Subject (Browse by Subject – Summary Tables)
Find Statistics by Subject (Browse by Subject – Summary Tables)
Find Statistics by Subject (Browse by Subject – Summary Tables)
Find Statistics by Subject (Browse by Subject – Summary Tables)
CANSIM
• Statistics Canada's key socioeconomic database
• Updated daily
• Provides fast and easy access to a large range of latest statistics
• Search (by terms, CANSIM table or series number) or Browse
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• Many ways to access• Subject page
• Home Statistics by subject <subject>
• From within a summary table• From within a Daily article/release• Etc…
• …Or directly
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